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Describe the magnetic field around a current carrying wire

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Electric current produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field can be visualized as a pattern of circular field lines surrounding a wire. ... (b) Right hand rule 2 states that, if the right hand thumb points in the direction of the current, the fingers curl in the direction of the field.

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